2012 Chicago Sky season

2012 Chicago Sky season
Head coachPokey Chatman
ArenaAllstate Arena
Results
Record14–20 (.412)
Place5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Media
TelevisionCN100
ESPN2, NBATV

The 2012 Chicago Sky season was the franchise's 7th season in the Women's National Basketball Association, and their second season under head coach Pokey Chatman.

Transactions

WNBA draft

Round Pick Player Nationality School/team/country
2 23 Shey Peddy  United States Temple
3 27 Sydney Carter  United States Texas A&M

Trades and Roster Changes

Date Transaction
January 2, 2012 Traded a First Round Pick in the 2012 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm in exchange for Swin Cash, Le'Coe Willingham, and a Second Round Pick in the 2012 Draft[1]
January 6, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Sylvia Fowles and Tamera Young
January 10, 2012 Extended Qualifying Offers to Mistie Bass and Shay Murphy
February 6, 2012 Signed Shay Murphy[2]
Signed Ruth Riley[3]
February 20, 2012 Signed Tamera Young
February 22, 2012 Signed Ticha Penicheiro[4]
February 28, 2012 Signed Felicia Chester to a training-camp contract [5]
March 14, 2012 Traded a Second Round Pick in the 2013 WNBA draft to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the rights to Sonja Petrovic[6]
March 24, 2012 Signed Sonja Petrovic to a rookie-scale contract
April 12, 2012 Signed Sylvia Fowles to a Multi-Year Deal[7]
April 25, 2012 Signed Lykendra Johnson to a training-camp contract[8]
May 2, 2012 Signed Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter to rookie-scale contracts
May 3, 2012 Waived Lykendra Johnson
May 11, 2012 Waived Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton[9]
May 14, 2012 Waived Sydney Carter and Shey Peddy[10]
May 16, 2012 Waived Felicia Chester[11]
May 31, 2012 Exercised 4th-Year Team Option on Epiphanny Prince
June 18, 2012 Signed Sydney Carter to a Hardship Contract[12]
June 27, 2012 Released Sydney Carter from her Hardship Contract[13]

Roster

2012 Chicago Sky roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
F8United StatesCash, Swin6' 1" (1.85m)176 lb (80kg)1979-09-22Connecticut10
C34United StatesFowles, Sylvia6' 6" (1.98m)208 lb (94kg)1985-10-06LSU4
G7United StatesMurphy, Shay5' 11" (1.8m)161 lb (73kg)1985-04-15USC5
G21PortugalPenicheiro, Ticha5' 11" (1.8m)145 lb (66kg)1974-09-18Old Dominion14
F5SerbiaPetrovic, Sonja6' 1" (1.85m)172 lb (78kg)1989-02-18SerbiaR
G10United StatesPrince, Epiphanny5' 9" (1.75m)164 lb (74kg)1988-01-11Rutgers2
F/C00United StatesRiley, Ruth6' 5" (1.96m)198 lb (90kg)1979-08-28Notre Dame11
C30United StatesSwords, Carolyn6' 6" (1.98m)212 lb (96kg)1989-07-19Boston College1
G22United StatesVandersloot, Courtney5' 8" (1.73m)132 lb (60kg)1989-02-08Gonzaga1
F43United StatesWillingham, Le'coe6' 0" (1.83m)206 lb (93kg)1981-02-10Auburn8
F1United StatesYoung, Tamera6' 2" (1.88m)172 lb (78kg)1986-10-30James Madison4
Head coach
United States Pokey Chatman (LSU)
Assistant coaches
United States Jeff House (Nazareth)
United States Christie Sides (Louisiana Tech)
Athletic trainer
United States Natalie Meckstroth (Indiana)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Ann Crosby (Western Michigan)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Depth

Pos. Starter Bench
C Sylvia Fowles Carolyn Swords
Ruth Riley
PF Swin Cash Le'coe Willingham
SF Tamera Young Sonja Petrovic
SG Epiphanny Prince Shay Murphy
PG Courtney Vandersloot Ticha Penicheiro

Schedule

Preseason

2012 Preseason Schedule
Total: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Thu 108:00Washington73-68Epiphanny Prince (13)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (7)New Trier High School
1,121		1-0
2Mon 1410:30am@ New York89-57Epiphanny Prince (15)Carolyn Swords (10)Shey Peddy (4)Prudential Center
6,397		2-0
3Tue 151:00@ Minnesota61-82Tamera Young (11)Sylvia Fowles (5)Ruth Riley (4)University of Minnesota
4,102		2-1

Regular season

2012 Regular Season Schedule
May: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
1Sat 197:00@ WashingtonCN10069-57Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Prince
Willingham
Vandersloot (3)		Verizon Center
11,415		1-0
2Fri 258:30IndianaCN10072-83Sylvia Fowles (21)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena
6,198		1-1
3Wed 308:00@ San AntonioCN10077-63Sylvia Fowles (23)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (7)AT&T Center
7,233		2-1
June: 5–4 (Home: 3–2; Road: 2–2))
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
4Fri 18:30WashingtonCN10065-63Epiphanny Prince (31)Sylvia Fowles (16)Vandersloot
Young (3)		Allstate Arena
4,078		3-1
5Sat 27:00@ AtlantaCN100
SSO		94-92
(OT)		Epiphanny Prince (33)Sylvia Fowles (19)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Philips Arena
4,503		4-1
6Fri 88:30TulsaCN10098-91
(OT)		Epiphanny Prince (32)Sylvia Fowles (21)Cash
Prince
Vandersloot (5)		Allstate Arena
5,019		5-1
7Sun 104:00@ New YorkCN100
MSG		73-64Epiphanny Prince (26)Sylvia Fowles (12)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Prudential Center
5,908		6-1
8Wed 138:00SeattleCN10074-58Epiphanny Prince (17)Sylvia Fowles (15)Epiphanny Prince (7)Allstate Arena
4,681		7-1
9Sat 167:00@ IndianaCN10070-84Sylvia Fowles (26)Tamera Young (7)Cash
Young (3)		Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,098		7-2
10Sat 2312:30@ MinnesotaESPN67-79Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (13)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Target Center
9,267		7-3
11Wed 2712:30Indiana72-81Sylvia Fowles (19)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (4)Allstate Arena
6,312		7-4
12Fri 298:30PhoenixCN10081-84Swin Cash (16)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena
5,488		7-5
July: 1–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
13Sun 16:00AtlantaCN10071-69Sylvia Fowles (21)Sylvia Fowles (12)Penicheiro
Petrovic
Vandersloot (4)		Allstate Arena
6,093		8-5
14Fri 68:30New YorkCN10059-64Sylvia Fowles (20)Sylvia Fowles (9)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena
4,211		8-6
15Sat 77:00@ IndianaCN10086-88
(OT)		Sylvia Fowles (24)Sylvia Fowles (16)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
6,155		8-7
16Wed 1112:30San Antonio68-77Shay Murphy (20)Sylvia Fowles (7)Penicheiro
Willingham (3)		Allstate Arena
13,161		8-8
17Fri 138:30ConnecticutCN100
CPTV-S		78-80
(OT)		Courtney Vandersloot (22)Sylvia Fowles (10)Courtney Vandersloot (8)Allstate Arena
5,988		8-9
Summer Olympic break
August: 1–6 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
Summer Olympic break
18Fri 178:30AtlantaCN10076-82Epiphanny Prince (16)Sylvia Fowles (6)Epiphanny Prince (3)Allstate Arena
5,593		8-10
19Sun 194:00@ WashingtonNBATV
CN100
CSN-MA		71-75
(OT)		Epiphanny Prince (18)Sylvia Fowles (16)Cash
Vandersloot
Penicheiro
Willingham (2)		Verizon Center
8,489		8-11
20Tue 218:00New YorkCN10067-77Sylvia Fowles (18)Cash
Fowles (8)		Ticha Penicheiro (7)Allstate Arena
3,638		8-12
21Wed 227:00@ AtlantaNBATV
CN100
FS-S		71-82Sylvia Fowles (22)Sylvia Fowles (6)Ticha Penicheiro (4)Philips Arena
4,010		8-13
22Fri 248:00@ Tulsa78-81Courtney Vandersloot (23)Shay Murphy (10)Swin Cash (5)BOK Center
5,147		8-14
23Sun 265:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S82-70Epiphanny Prince (15)Cash
Swords
Riley
Petrovic (6)		Courtney Vandersloot (11)Mohegan Sun Arena
8,390		9-14
24Tue 288:00ConnecticutCN100
CPTV-S		72-83Courtney Vandersloot (17)Sonja Petrovic (8)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena
2,884		9-15
September: 5–5 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–4)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentTVScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceRecord
25Sat 17:00@ IndianaNBATV
CN100		64-81Epiphanny Prince (22)Carolyn Swords (8)Courtney Vandersloot (5)Bankers Life Fieldhouse
9,307		9-16
26Sun 26:00Los AngelesCN100
KDOC		85-74Epiphanny Prince (17)Cash
Fowles (9)		Epiphanny Prince (9)Allstate Arena
6,197		10-16
27Fri 77:30@ New YorkCN100
MSG		92-83Epiphanny Prince (30)Swin Cash (7)Cash
Prince
Vandersloot (4)		Prudential Center
6,145		11-16
28Sun 95:00@ ConnecticutCPTV-S77-82Swin Cash (21)Swin Cash (15)Prince
Vandersloot (5)		Mohegan Sun Arena
6,658		11-17
29Tue 118:00MinnesotaCN10083-70Epiphanny Prince (26)Carolyn Swords (9)Epiphanny Prince (5)Allstate Arena
4,296		12-17
30Thu 1310:30@ Los AngelesNBATV
CN100
TWC101		77-86Swin Cash (23)Swin Cash (6)Courtney Vandersloot (9)Staples Center
8,489		12-18
31Sun 166:00@ PhoenixNBATV
CN100		86-55Shay Murphy (22)Cash
Willingham (8)		Epiphanny Prince (4)US Airways Center
8,044		13-18
32Tue 1810:00@ Seattle60-75Epiphanny Prince (21)Cash
Prince (7)		Epiphanny Prince (4)KeyArena
6,459		13-19
33Thu 208:00AtlantaCN10066-75Carolyn Swords (16)Carolyn Swords (9)Courtney Vandersloot (6)Allstate Arena
4,188		13-20
34Sat 228:00WashingtonNBATV
CN100		77-58Courtney Vandersloot (20)Swin Cash (8)Vandersloot
Prince (3)		Allstate Arena
6,721		14-20
All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com

Standings

Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Connecticut Sun y259.735–12–513–418–4
Indiana Fever x2212.6473.013–49–815–7
Atlanta Dream x1915.5596.011–68–912–10
New York Liberty x1519.44110.09–86–1110–12
Chicago Sky o1420.41211.07–107–108–14
Washington Mystics o529.14720.04–131–163–19
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage  TO  Turnovers per game
 PF  Fouls per game Team leader League leader

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Epiphanny Prince 26 25 30.0 44.2 40.7 89.9 3.5 3.1 1.8 0.3 18.1
Sylvia Fowles 25 25 31.1 63.8 0.0 69.2 10.4 0.8 1.3 1.2 16.2
Swin Cash 34 34 30.0 36.7 28.1 76.5 5.8 2.3 1.0 0.5 10.6
Courtney Vandersloot 34 27 26.6 40.5 33.3 64.9 2.1 4.6 1.3 0.2 8.9
Shay Murphy 29 3 18.6 42.0 44.1 73.0 2.9 0.9 1.1 0.2 8.5
Tamera Young 33 24 24.4 42.3 0.0 60.6 3.7 1.4 1.0 0.2 8.2
Sonja Petrovic 30 2 15.1 35.8 27.9 76.9 2.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 4.8
Carolyn Swords 30 9 11.1 57.1 0.0 68.2 3.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 4.0
Sydney Carter 1 0 9.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.0
Le'Coe Willingham 33 1 18.5 31.3 27.4 60.9 2.9 0.9 0.5 0.1 3.5
Ruth Riley 33 14 14.4 37.9 27.8 78.6 2.4 1.0 0.7 0.6 2.7
Ticha Penicheiro 19 6 12.7 35.3 20.0 54.5 1.3 2.1 0.4 0.2 1.7

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Epiphanny Prince Eastern Conference Player of the Week June 3 [14]
June 11 [15]
Sylvia Fowles Eastern Conference Player of the Month - May June 1 [16]
All-Defensive First Team September 28 [17]
All-WNBA Second Team October 16 [18]

References

  1. ↑ P, Nate. "Seattle Storm Trade Swin Cash, Le'coe Willingham, Second Rounder To Chicago Sky For #2 Pick, Cap Room". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sky Re-Sign Explosive Guard Shay Murphy". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sky sign vet center Ruth Riley". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  4. ↑ P, Nate. "Quick Analysis: Chicago Sky Sign Unrestricted Free Agent Ticha Penicheiro". swishappeal.com. Swish Appeal. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sky Sign Former Depaul Standout Felicia Chester to training-camp contract". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sky trades draft pick for 6-4 Serbian forward". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sky re-sign Fowles to multi-year deal". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sky sign former Trinity star Johnson". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rayburn, Wisdom-Hylton waived by WNBA teams". purdueexponenet.com. PE - All Things Purdue. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Chicago Sky Waive Shey Peddy and Sydney Carter". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  11. ↑ Mitchell, Fred. "After 'tough decisions,' Sky finalizes roster". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Sky Add Sydney Carter to Roster". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Sky releases backup point guard Carter". dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Sky's Prince and Mercury's Bonner named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week for games played May 28-June 3, 2012". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Sky's Prince and Sparks' Ogwumike Named Players of the Week". oursportscentral.com. Our Sports Central. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Chicago's Sylvia Fowles and Los Angeles' Candace Parker Named WNBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month Presented by Boost Mobile". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Indiana Fever's Catchings and Chicago Sky's Fowles Headline the 2012 WNBA All-Defensive Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  18. ↑ "MVP Tina Charles Headlines 2012 All-WNBA First Team". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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